The additional charges were brought at Manchester Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

Another two men – Anthony McNamee, aged 53, of Toxteth, Liverpool, and Joseph Caldwell, aged 54, of Toxteth, Liverpool – were charged with the heroin conspiracies on December 6 and December 11 respectively.

All six will appear at Manchester Crown Court on January 8 for a PCMH along with three other suspects.

Christine Fitzgibbon, 59, and William Fitzgibbon, 63, of Edale Road, Allerton, who are the brothers’ parents, were charged on 22 October with money laundering.

Neil Brown, 40, of Capella Close, Liverpool, who was charged on 22 October with conspiracy to supply MDMA.